Hurts Me Too

Too many Public officials, doing business in private We hear you loud and clear And we refuse to be silent The trauma centers new but we been use to the violence Get PTSD Protecting The Shorties dying Murder Must Stop Put on a show Stage a die in Join the Hunger strike Enjoy your Dyett I heard the freight trains Distribute guns and cocaine And folks on track to own their homes Got hit wit eminent domain Imagine you get a knock on yo do-mane They courtin you for your property The balls in your court but it's Lo-mein They acting like you must be out your noodle if it doesn't move you Politics as usual don't let the color of the tie confuse you It hurts that I could lose you It hurts me too I could take a plane away Still wouldn't take the pain away Deep down it hurts me too Deep down it hurts me too And we dance across the stage As a chance to stop the pain Deep down it hurts me too Deep down it hurts me too Deep down Deep down Deep down Deep down I know the city gets a bad rep sometimes But even arnold schwarzenegger breaks a sweat sometimes We still pushing for change, life is a vending machine I had a quarter life crisis when that school bell ring It was move to africa, or stay in the chi From what I heard teaching english pays good in dubai I knew the grass wasn't greener cuz the dessert is dry And aint nothing like the lakefront inhaling the sky I ride my bike down king Make a right on 31st I know the cities blessed, on every block I see a church I speak with kids these days, everybody's hurt It's damn near a whole generation out of work It's damn near whole communities without a school What type of tools you think he got, he's poor and somewhat foolish Triggered by the summer, who gon get wet if he pools it A 30 clip his new edition, now he needs to cool it? I aint cool with systems down with ridiculing victims Using 3rd grade statistics to project for building prisons Keke's brother gone, and that shit got me in my feelings It hurts me too I could take a plane away Still wouldn't take the pain away Deep down it hurts me too Deep down it hurts me too And we dance across the stage As a chance to stop the pain Deep down it hurts me too Deep down it hurts me too Deep down Deep down Deep down Deep down The pain in chicago is visible, without even knowing where to look The cries for help are hidden within the screams for revenge, and danced to all across the globe I recall being in a barbershop in Dakar this past winter Having a conversation about the recent death of Fredo Santana (RIP) And the cultural impact of his brother chief keef I have friends that are hesitant to come visit me Because of the gangster aura's they themselves radiate The pain in Chicago is felt in a similar way to that of a child Who touches a hot stove for the first time and learns to stay away from hot stoves The unmistakable scent of fear is present wherever chicago's police officers are involved The kind of fear which is highly contagious to those with an already weakened immune system It pains me to see elderly women bussing out of their community for fresh produce I travel to the grocery store frequently for bottled spring water Because my pipes at home are another flint michigan waiting to happen I find myself in safe spaces like open mics Cyphers and poetry workshops where communities are unified through shared trauma Chicago's history of blues is deeper than any crate of vinyl I can't take your pain away... Day by day... here to stay It's here to stay... I can't take your pain away It hurts I can't take your pain away I Swear I wouldn't let it stay Living with pain ​